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• Select pharmacies in Alberta to offer COVID-19 testing - Lethbridge News Now

  25-06-2020 23:57 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Select pharmacies in Alberta to offer COVID-19 testing  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 3 people in hospital, dozens more sick with COVID-19 at Calgary condo

  25-06-2020 23:57
  
  Alberta health authorities say a COVID-19 outbreak at a condo building in Calgary's East Village has gotten much worse since it was first discovered. Dr. Deena Hinshaw announced the news in her daily update Thursday, saying the number of cases at the building has more than doubled since last week. She confirmed that 32 cases have been discovered in the building and 27 of those are considered 'active'. Three of the patients have been admitted to hospital for treatment.The outbreak at Verve was fi
  
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• Diversion failure in Montana could mean drought conditions in southern Alberta

  25-06-2020 23:56
  
  Some southern Alberta communities are likely facing the worst drought in almost 20 years after a major diversion failure in Montana. The Milk River is now under threat of drying up if repairs don’t come quickly.  “In Alberta it assists about 8200 acres of irrigation and supplies water for towns and villages and water co-ops,” said Tim Romanow, executive director of the Milk River Watershed Council Canada. Part of a diversion in northern Montana alongside the St. Mary Canal
  
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• Dam failure in Montana could mean drought conditions in southern Alberta

  25-06-2020 23:56
  
  Some southern Alberta communities are likely facing the worst drought in almost 20 years after a major dam failure in Montana. The Milk River is now under threat of drying up if repairs don’t come quickly.  “In Alberta it assists about 200 acres of irrigation and supplies water for towns and villages and water co-ops,” said Tim Romanow, executive director of the Milk River Watershed Council Canada. Part of a dam in northern Montana alongside the St. Mary Canal failed on Ma
  
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• Brothers raise $21,000 for KidSport Calgary in support of youth basketball

  25-06-2020 23:40
  
  Johnny Brown and his younger brother Michael wanted to share their love of basketball and in late May they came up with an idea to sell t-shirts to raise money for kids whose families are cash-strapped because of the pandemic. “Our original idea was to help families and people that were struggling,” said Johnny. “They couldn’t afford sports and we really wanted to share our amazing experience of basketball with them.” The 17 and 14-year-olds created Better2getheryyc
  
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• NDP says Kenney should fire speechwriter who called residential schools 'bogus genocide story'

  25-06-2020 23:34
  
  Alberta's NDP caucus wants Premier Jason Kenney to fire his speechwriter for an essay he published in 2013 that questions the impact of residential schools. Paul Bunner's article was published in the C2C Journal, an online conservative magazine focused on political, cultural and economic issues. "The 'Genocide' That Failed" piece suggests the portrayal of residential schools is flawed and has been used by Indigenous people to negotiate compensation and political autonomy from the Canadian govern
  
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• Telus Spark science centre to reopen Body Worlds and outdoor Brainasium

  25-06-2020 23:09
  
  Calgarians looking for something to do this summer may be pleased to hear Telus Spark will be open next month. Officials with the city's science centre say the facility is expected to reopen to the public in July, about four months after it was forced to close its doors in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Visitors will be able to experience the jaw-dropping Body Worlds: Animals Inside Out exhibit, which was on display prior to the centre's March closure. The show has been extended to Aug. 16.
  
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• Calgary's Matt Dumba launches fund to help rebuild Minnesota

  25-06-2020 22:37
  
  He’s been back in his hometown of Calgary during the NHL’s pause, but Matt Dumba’s thoughts have recently been with the people of Minnesota. The 25-year-old defenceman has played for the Minnesota Wild for seven NHL seasons, and he’s watched the people in his adopted home protest for change after the death of George Floyd. “I think sitting back here (in Calgary), being so far away from the action, I kind of felt a sense of helplessness and wanted to help those in ne
  
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• Beef-packing plants in Brooks and High River resume full operations - Lethbridge News Now

  25-06-2020 22:26 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• City announces tentative reopening dates for select arenas, pools and golf courses

  25-06-2020 21:58
  
  A number of city-owned recreation facilities in Calgary are now open or are set to open in the coming days or weeks. According to the City of Calgary, four arenas are slated to reopen next week while four aquatic and fitness centres will be open prior to July 21.     The following ice rinks have tentative June 29 reopening dates:George Blunden Optimist Stew Hendry Henry VineyThe arenas at Norma Bush, Shouldice and Stu Peppard are already open but with dry-pads instead of ice. An a
  
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• Police issue warning after victims lost thousands in separate schemes

  25-06-2020 21:31
  
  One victim was drawn in by criminals who told her she'd won a big prize while another was told her personal information had been stolen. Those are just two of the recent reports the Lethbridge Police Service says it has been called to investigate this week. On June 23, police were contacted by a 69-year-old woman who answered a phone call from a man who told her she had won a vehicle and a large cash prize in the STARS lottery. Seeing as though the woman had bought a ticket in the event, which r
  
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• Lethbridge Kodiaks donate soccer jerseys to school in Ghana - Lethbridge News Now

  25-06-2020 21:17 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• New playground at the Calgary Zoo helps get kids buzzing

  25-06-2020 20:17
  
  The Calgary Zoo has announced its newest addition to the facility; a larger-than-life playground called Bugtopia. The area is inspired by nature and is designed for all ages of children, helping them explore and learn about the world of insects. "Step across the bridge into the flying and the fuzzy, the slimy and the squishy, the beautiful and the buzzy world of bugs and learn more about these vitally important creatures," the zoo says in a release. (Photos supplied by the Calgary Zoo) Bugtopia
  
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• Creative ways to celebrate Canada Day in Lethbridge - Lethbridge News Now

  25-06-2020 20:12 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• City committee gets first look at proposal expanding transit service to Calgary airport

  25-06-2020 19:54
  
  Less than a week after approving a drastically reduced Green Line LRT, the City of Calgary could be setting itself up for another multi-billion dollar train project. The city’s Transportation and Transit Committee got its first look Wednesday at a proposal for an east-west line connecting the future Blue and Green Line expansions into north Calgary to the airport.  The report suggests a driverless train running every four to five minutes would travel between 96th Avenue N. and 88th Av
  
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• Lethbridge parents favour “normal” and “blended” models for schools this fall - Lethbridge News Now

  25-06-2020 19:24 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Lethbridge parents favour “normal” and “blended” models for schools this fall  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Albertans without symptoms can soon get COVID-19 tests at 20 pharmacies

  25-06-2020 19:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  The expanded testing will only be open to residents who are asymptomatic, the province said.
  
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• Alberta health officials to provide COVID-19 update Thursday afternoon

  25-06-2020 19:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dr. Deena Hinshaw is scheduled to speak at 3:30 p.m. Her news conference will be streamed in this post.
  
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• Two residents defrauded significant sums of money - Lethbridge News Now

  25-06-2020 19:17 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Two residents defrauded significant sums of money  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Lifelike 8-metre long northern pike jackfish sculpture arrives at its new central Alberta home

  25-06-2020 19:17
  
  The team at Dinosaur Valley Studios secured a giant northern pike jackfish on a trailer Tuesday and drove it from their East Coulee facility to the summer village of Rochon Sands. The sculpture made the 144 kilometre trip unscathed but the unusual sight drew curious looks on the highway from other travellers. The eight-metre replica of a northern pike jackfish was finished with time to spare ahead of its tentative Canada Day delivery date. The sculpture's steel skeleton was covered in foam, shap
  
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• Premier Kenney to update provincial response to hailstorm damage in Calgary

  25-06-2020 19:10
  
  Premier Jason Kenney and Municipal Affairs Minister Kaycee Madu, along with area MLAs, are scheduled to give an update at 1 p.m. Thursday on the province's response to a massive hailstorm that damaged hundreds of homes and businesses in northeast Calgary and destroyed several vehicles. Siding was completely torn away from a number of homes and vehicles had windows smashed out in the communities of Falconridge and Taradale. Early estimates peg the damage in the hundred of millions of dollars and
  
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• Damage from June 13 hailstorm will qualify for provincial disaster relief funding: Kenney

  25-06-2020 19:10
  
  Damage from a June 13 hailstorm that heavily impacted homes, businesses and vehicles in parts of northeast Calgary, and Airdrie will qualify for provincial disaster relief funding, Premier Jason Kenney said Thursday. Initial estimates peg the damage at between $250 million and $500 million, said Kenney, and much of that will be covered by private insurance. More to come ...A previous version of this story appears below: Premier Jason Kenney and Municipal Affairs Minister Kaycee Madu, along with
  
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• Hinshaw to update Albertans on COVID-19 Thursday afternoon

  25-06-2020 18:32
  
  Alberta's chief medical officer of health will issue a COVID-19 update Thursday at 3:30 p.m. To date the province has reported 7,825 cases, 7,134 recoveries and 153 deaths. There are 36 Albertans in hospital with COVID-19, including six in ICUs, out of the 538 current infections.Infographics: COVID-19 in Alberta by the numbers This is what we know about Alberta's COVID-19 cases More at Edmonton.ctvnews.ca/coronavirusActive cases have increased in the Edmonton Zone and decreased in the Calgary Zo
  
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• Alberta reports 26 new cases of COVID-19; 1 death in Edmonton hospital outbreak

  25-06-2020 18:32
  
  A man in his 80s has died after he contracted COVID-19 at the Misericordia Community Hospital in Edmonton, Dr. Deena Hinshaw said. The chief medical officer of health reported 26 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Thursday, along with the death. Six patients and five staff have tested positive in the hospital outbreak, and Alberta Health Services is testing anyone who has been in the unit recently.Infographics: COVID-19 in Alberta by the numbers This is what we know about Alberta's COVID-19 c
  
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• Indigenous Tourism Alberta to provide relief funding to businesses affected by COVID-19

  25-06-2020 18:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  The stimulus fund aims to help businesses by covering costs such as marketing overhead, business costs, health and safety standard improvements and staffing. 
  
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• Supervised consumption sites saved Alberta's health care system more than $2.3M since opening: Report

  25-06-2020 17:50
  
  Supervised consumption sites (SCS) can save the provincial health care system millions of dollars, suggests a new report by a University of Calgary assistant professor. Using publicly available data over a three-year period — 2017 to 2020 — nursing assistant professor Dr. Jennifer Jackson analyzed the cost-benefit of managing overdoses at the SCS versus treatment by EMS. That found that each overdose managed at the SCS saves about $1,600, which equates to more than $2.3 million
  
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• Millions in spending saved by supervised consumption sites, report says

  25-06-2020 17:50
  
  Supervised consumption sites (SCS) can save the provincial health care system millions of dollars, suggests a new report by a University of Calgary assistant professor. Using publicly available data over a three-year period — 2017 to 2020 — nursing assistant professor Dr. Jennifer Jackson analyzed the cost-benefit of managing overdoses through SCS versus treatment by EMS. That found that each overdose managed by SCS saves about $1,600, which equates to more than $2.3 million sin
  
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• Driver hospitalized after crashing into parked car in Monterey Park

  25-06-2020 16:46
  
  One person was transported to hospital in life-threatening condition following an early morning crash in a northeast neighbourhood. Emergency crews were called to the 2000 block of Catalina Blvd. N.E. at around 2 a.m. after a vehicle crashed into a parked car. The driver — age and gender not confirmed — was transported by ambulance to hospital with undisclosed injuries.   Police confirm the driver's condition has since stabilized. The investigation into the cause of the crash co
  
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• Alberta beef plants nearly back to full capacity after COVID-19 outbreaks, but cattle backlog remains

  25-06-2020 16:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  Among the hardest hit were the Cargill plant in High River, Alta., which shut down for two weeks before reopening at reduced capacity. The JBS Canada plant in Brooks, Alta., operated with just a single shift each day for a full month.
  
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• Releasing Meng to free Kovrig and Spavor would endanger Canadians abroad, Trudeau says

  25-06-2020 16:03
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is resisting calls to free Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou in order to secure the release of two Canadians detained in China, saying doing so would put far more Canadians in danger. "It is obvious that the first priority of any government is to protect its citizens," Trudeau told reporters in Ottawa on Thursday. "If countries around the world, including China, realize that by arbitrarily arresting random Canadians, they can get what they want out of Canada politi
  
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• Most work refusal claims being denied amid COVID-19, data suggests

  25-06-2020 15:24
  
  As Canadians head back to work after spending months at home, new data suggests that some provinces are seeing more work refusal claims amid the COVID-19 pandemic. However, provincial labour authorities say the majority of those claims have been denied because inspectors found no danger to the health, safety or physical well-being of the workers. Ontario have seen the largest spike in work refusal claims with 278 COVID-19 related refusals from March to June, according to provincial numbers. The
  
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• Majority of Canadians' work refusal claims being denied amid COVID-19

  25-06-2020 15:24
  
  As Canadians head back to work after spending months at home, new data suggests that some provinces are seeing more work refusal claims amid the COVID-19 pandemic. However, provincial labour authorities say the majority of those claims have been denied because inspectors found no danger to the health, safety or physical well-being of the workers. Ontario have seen the largest spike in work refusal claims with 278 COVID-19 related refusals from March to June, according to provincial numbers. The
  
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• Warm Thursday conditions give way to weekend dip below normal

  25-06-2020 15:01
  
  Having less to write home about is not a bad thing. Yesterday’s band of storms was a doozy. It knocked out power in a few communities, with widespread hail (where it came down!). The initial wave around 4 o’clock dodged Calgary completely, then a secondary piled through around 7 o’clock and offered pea-sized hail to a few areas. Our weekend wave is looking pretty set in stone: today, weak high pressure dominates the forecast, to be ushered away by a large trough sweeping out of
  
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• Beef plants nearly back to full capacity after COVID-19, but backlog of cattle

  25-06-2020 14:44
  
  Canada's main beef-packing plants are returning to full capacity after COVID-19 outbreaks, but the Canadian Cattlemen's Association isn't expecting a backlog of cattle to go away soon. The outbreaks caused prolonged closures and slowdowns at beef-processing plants across the country. Among the hardest hit were the Cargill plant in High River, Alta., which shut down for two weeks before reopening at reduced capacity. The JBS Canada plant in Brooks, Alta., operated with just a single shift each da
  
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• 1 dead after truck crashes into concrete barrier along Stoney Trail

  25-06-2020 14:10
  
  One man is dead following an early morning single vehicle crash in the city's northwest.  Police responded around 1 a.m. Thursday to Stoney Trail at the Country Hills Boulevard exit after a pickup truck collided with a concrete barrier.  Emergency crews pronounced the driver dead on scene. It’s not know which direction they were travelling or what may have caused the crash.  Traffic investigators are also still determining whether impairment or speed were factors in the cras
  
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• Study finds Canada's proportion of LTC deaths double the average of other nations

  25-06-2020 13:30
  
  A new study finds the proportion of Canadian COVID-19 deaths that have occurred in long-term care facilities is about twice the average of rates from other developed nations. The analysis released Thursday by the Canadian Institute for Health Information provides a damning snapshot of senior care as of May 25, when LTC residents made up 81 per cent of all reported COVID-19 deaths in the country compared to an average of 42 per cent among all countries studied. The data compares Canada's record t
  
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• Students can claim up to $5K in grants for volunteering this summer: PM

  25-06-2020 10:33
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has offered new details on the now-launched Canada Student Service Grant program including spelling out how it’ll work, and elaborated on the government’s plans to create thousands of more temporary job openings for young people who are looking for work and experience this summer. The grant to post-secondary students and recent graduates would provide one-time payments of up to $5,000 for volunteering in pandemic-related programs, depending on the number
  
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• PM set to spell out details of COVID-19 student service grant

  25-06-2020 10:33
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to roll out the details of the long-promised Canada Student Service Grant program on Thursday. In an earlier announcement, the government said it was aiming to put new incentives in place for students who spend the summer volunteering because the need is there, but the grant will also reduce the number of young people who are “sitting around” this summer because they are unable to find summer jobs, as Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough put
  
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• PM says student volunteer grant now open, more jobs coming

  25-06-2020 10:33
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that the long-promised Canada Student Service Grant program has launched, and offered new details on the government’s plans to create thousands of more temporary job openings for young people who are looking for work and experience this summer. The Canada Student Services Grant offers young people a one-time payment of between $1,000 and $5,000 for volunteering in pandemic-related programs, depending on the number of hours worked. The government has said
  
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• Feds offering students $1K for every 100 hours of COVID-19 volunteer work

  25-06-2020 10:33
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has offered new details on the now-launched Canada Student Service Grant program including spelling out how it’ll work, and elaborated on the government’s plans to create thousands of more temporary job openings for young people who are looking for work and experience this summer. The grant to post-secondary students and recent graduates would provide one-time payments of up to $5,000 for volunteering in pandemic-related programs, depending on the number
  
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• Lethbridge victim lost $1,800 in fake STARS lottery, police say - CTV News

  25-06-2020 09:00 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
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• Former Lethbridge Hurricanes players respond to abuse allegations in CHL lawsuit

  25-06-2020 06:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  Members of the 2008-09 Lethbridge Hurricanes say their "team became an extended family'' over the course of that season despite abuse allegations made by a former teammate.
  
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• Kamloops man seriously injured during police response to false report, IIO investigating

  25-06-2020 05:43
  
  British Columbia's police watchdog is investigating an incident in which police responding to a false report had an altercation with a Kamloops man that left him seriously injured Tuesday night. According to a news release from B.C. RCMP, officers were called to a disturbance in the 1000 block of Newton Street in Kamloops around 10:45 p.m. Kamloops RCMP were called to the scene for a report of a man chasing a woman with what appeared to be a firearm, police said. When they arrived, officers call
  
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• Iginla, Flames alumni react to Hockey Hall of Fame announcement: ‘He’s a legend’

  25-06-2020 04:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  Members of the Calgary Flames reflected on Jarome Iginla's NHL career on Wednesday after learning he is being inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
  
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• Iginla, Flames almuni react to Hockey Hall of Fame announcement: ‘He’s a legend’

  25-06-2020 04:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  Members of the Calgary Flames reflected on Jarome Iginla's NHL career on Wednesday after learning he is bieng inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
  
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• UCP says Bill 29 will level playing field for local elections, NDP says it opens Alberta’s democracy up to ‘dark money’

  25-06-2020 04:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Alberta government introduced legislation on Wednesday that it says is meant to give candidates more equal opportunity in local elections and to increase voter participation.
  
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• Mongolian People's Party retains strong parliament majority - Lethbridge News Now

  25-06-2020 04:06 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Pothole on "Highway to Hell" swallows Calgary car

  25-06-2020 03:51
  
  Some say it’s the worst road inside Calgary city limits — and their vehicles have the dents to prove it. A stretch just east of Stony Trail littered with potholes and loose rocks has Belvedere residents up in arms, and they say the city isn’t doing anything to help.  The road in question is 23rd Avenue S.E. near ‪84th Street. Greg Handle lives nearby.  “It’s totally dangerous,“ Handle said. “All of the other roads to our houses were all p
  
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• Canadians exempt from new U.S. visa rules, immigration lawyers' group says - Lethbridge News Now

  25-06-2020 03:51 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Canadians exempt from new U.S. visa rules, immigration lawyers' group says  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Charges dropped against Alberta First Nations chief

  25-06-2020 03:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  Chief Adam Allan reacted to a court decision Wednesday to withdraw charges following his violent arrest in March. Breanna Karstens-Smith reports.
  
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